Trunk-catch



(ModeL) G. W. KING.

TRUNK GATGH.

Patented Dec. 27,1881,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE 7. KING, OF BLOOMFIELD, ASSIGNOR TO IRA W. OONSELYEA, OF NEWARK,NEW JERSEY.

TRUNK-CATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,367, dated December27, 1881.

Application filed October 25, 1880. Renewed August 24, 1881. (ModeL) Toall whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE IV. KING, ofBloomfield, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Trunk-Catches, of which thefollowing is a specification.

M yinvention relates to trunk-catches wherein a lever by the side of thecatch-bolt, and operating it by means of certain wedge projec- IO tions,engages it with or disengages it from the catch-plate, looking orunlocking it.

Figure 1 is a rear view, showing the lever in position for opening thecatch. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on a line of or w,

but having the catch-plate added. Fig. 3 is afront view, with the leverin position for looking. Fig. dis an edge view of the lever, and Fig. 5illustrates in perspective the catch and lever.

The case A,inclosing the catch B and lever O, is provided on the underside with pins D, which will be used to rivet it fast to the band of thecover or body, to which it is attached. The catch is riveted loosely bythe pin or post E to thelower end of the case, so that the upper end ofit may have a slight forward and backward movement, allowing the hook Fto I connect with or be disconnected from the catch G in the catch-plateH secured to the cover.

0 At one side of the catch, near the upper end and inside of the case,by the pin orpost I, is hung the lever 0, but having the lower endproject out from the case to be within the reach of the person openingor closing it. On the 5 lever are two wedge projections having the wedgeshape on one side, the one, L, at the side of the pin I, and the otherabove it at the upper end of the lever. The one, L, when the lower endof the lever is pushed in, moving laterally passes under the catch andthrows the 0 hook F forward to engage the catch Gr. When the end of thelever is drawn out, as seen in Fig. 1, the piece 0 slides in on the faceof the catch at the same time that the pieceL is drawn out from thelower side of it, and presses the 5 end of the catch back and unlocks itor disengages it from contact with the catch-plate. (See Fig. 2.) Thusby moving the lever to the right and left the catch is locked orunlocked by means of the wedge projections operating on one or the otherside-front or backof the catch.

At the upper end of the case are one or more dowel or stay pins, P, madeto pass into the' catch-plate and assist to keep the trunk-cover inproper position. These parts might be reversed and the case be on thecover and the catch-plate on the body, and the same result be secured.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a trunk-catch, the operating-lever (J, provided with two inclined orcam surfaces, L and 0, adapted to act upon the opposite sides of thelocking-catch B, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE W. KING. Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIS, J OSEPH A. ENo.

